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				Helping kick off St. Louis Children's Hospital's "Building for Care, Searching for Cures" campaign were Joe Buck, Jonathan D. Gitlin, Lee Fetter and Larry Shapiro. Children's institute launched with goal of curing deadliest diseases The collaboration will focus on accelerating cures in four areas: congenital heart disease, cancer, lung and respiratory disorders and musculoskeletal diseases. More medical news Squyres to speak on Mars rovers mission The principal scientific investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, he'll be introduced by WUSTL's Ray Arvidson, the mission's deputy principal investigator. Soweto Gospel Choir to give rare U.S. concert at Edison In November 2003, the group shared the stage with Bono, Peter Gabriel, the Eurythmics and others at Nelson Mandela's 46664 Concert in Cape Town. Poet Brock-Broido to read from her work Feb. 9 The reading, sponsored by The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, is free and open to the public and will take place in Duncker Hall's Hurst Lounge.				Supplier Diversity Initiative outreach focuses on future Since the Office of Supplier Diversity was started in 1999, WUSTL has spent $85 million with minority-owned firms and $77 million with women-owned firms. Study: Diabetes-prevention nutrition programs should be culturally sensitive Such programs at the very least "need to consider the traditional foods and recipes of the participants," said lead author James Herbert Williams. Neandertal fossils re-dated; could be considerably older The new ages are set between 32,000-33,000 years old, and perhaps slightly older; in 1998, the fossils had been radiocarbon dated to 28,000-29,000 years. Sheldon exhibit highlights Sturgis' influence Using pieces of the collection housed in University Archives, Russell Sturgis: Critic, Historian and Collector runs through April 8 in the Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture. Margulis to perform works of Russian composers Feb. 5 The program will feature several virtuosic works by late 19th-century Russian composers, most notably Mili Balakirev's colorful Islamey, Oriental Fantasy.
				Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption Chinese New Year parties at the University included a Dragon Dance, student singing and dancing performances, and a bojutsu demonstration. John Baugh, director of African and African American Studies, was recently installed as the first Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences. A WUSTL delegation recently visited Israel to continue the University's ongoing interest in learning more about higher education around the world. A graduate student art exhibit titled Offcourse featured the work of some 65 graduate students from numerous disciplines across the University.

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